― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 20 September 2002 15:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sundar subramanian, Friday, 20 September 2002 15:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 20 September 2002 15:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 20 September 2002 15:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 20 September 2002 15:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
"Goldfinger" by Ash of 1977 singularly trounces anything Avril has done or *WILL EVER* do.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 20 September 2002 16:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Friday, 20 September 2002 16:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
I want to like "Sk8er Boi", and the music's fine & all, but I have severe problems w/ her little story (about the boi, and the super pretty / popular uptown girl that disses him, and good ol' hardcore Avril sweeping in and rockin' with the boi, who's now so famous, yeah, totally).
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 20 September 2002 16:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 20 September 2002 16:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mike (ro)bott, Friday, 20 September 2002 17:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 20 September 2002 17:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 20 September 2002 17:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
I was thinking of this song more as a "stick to your guns / hip to be square" type of polemic, though, like "The Middle", or maybe "Bastards of Young".
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 20 September 2002 18:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
Ned: Yes. We were asking for your subjective opinion.
I haven't heard "Sk8ter Boi" yet, but Ash rage.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 20 September 2002 22:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 20 September 2002 22:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Friday, 20 September 2002 22:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 20 September 2002 22:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Charlie (Charlie), Saturday, 21 September 2002 05:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― blueski, Saturday, 21 September 2002 08:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 21 September 2002 09:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― vic (vicc13), Saturday, 21 September 2002 10:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 21 September 2002 10:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Andrew L (Andrew L), Saturday, 21 September 2002 10:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 21 September 2002 12:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dsico (dsico), Saturday, 21 September 2002 12:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― blueski, Saturday, 21 September 2002 13:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 21 September 2002 13:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Saturday, 21 September 2002 15:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 21 September 2002 18:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Saturday, 21 September 2002 19:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
No, wait, that's "Why I Go To School" by Busted. AL's just Meredith Brookes' foetus.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 21 September 2002 19:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Saturday, 21 September 2002 19:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― blueski, Saturday, 21 September 2002 19:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
― vic (vicc13), Saturday, 21 September 2002 19:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 21 September 2002 19:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 21 September 2002 21:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― blueski, Saturday, 21 September 2002 21:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― vic (vicc13), Saturday, 21 September 2002 21:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Josh (Josh), Saturday, 21 September 2002 22:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― thom west (thom w), Sunday, 22 September 2002 00:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
alternative post: "seeing how all the indie kids are theoretically bisexual anyway i fail to see how the assfucking poses a problem"
― thom west (thom w), Sunday, 22 September 2002 00:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― di smith (lucylurex), Sunday, 22 September 2002 03:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Josh (Josh), Sunday, 22 September 2002 03:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 22 September 2002 06:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
Why the Ash hatred... The way that they've coasted through on a career with the sum total of their achievements being two half decent choruses, the way that their brand of tedious power pop managed to win them a sodding Ivor Novello award, the punchability of all their members, the truly appalling "Jesus Says", and Charlotte Hatherley's legs.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 22 September 2002 07:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Elisabeth (Elisabeth), Sunday, 22 September 2002 09:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 22 September 2002 09:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Josh (Josh), Sunday, 22 September 2002 13:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 22 September 2002 15:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Josh (Josh), Sunday, 22 September 2002 16:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
I like Weezer. Scratch that. I like pop Weezer, something like "Hash Pipe", "Buddy Holly", "Undone". I cannot sit through a Weezer album at all. If Rivers had a bubblegum heart, they'd be one of the best bands ever. As it stands, they're just an emo band that get lucky on a few occasions.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 22 September 2002 16:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― JM, Monday, 23 September 2002 03:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
Avril has pretty eyes. Ash don't.
― Wyndham Earl, Monday, 23 September 2002 04:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
they've been together 10 years. and it's not a greatest hits anyway, it's a warts-and-all singles compilation.
Ash roX0r totally. They're the best group of their kind, and I luv 'em.
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 23 September 2002 05:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
Ash all the way is the answer.
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 23 September 2002 13:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sundar subramanian, Monday, 23 September 2002 18:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Katypillar Ardvark, Friday, 25 October 2002 19:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sundar subramanian, Friday, 25 October 2002 19:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally, Saturday, 26 October 2002 02:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 26 October 2002 11:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Sunday, 27 October 2002 23:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
Speaking of sk8er boi, it sucks. All that song is is a sad little untrue story which doesnt even make sense at the end. It's basically saying Avril is a man and is in love with herself (this could be true, I dont know). It makes he want to hurl.
Avril is POP not PUNK. Listen to some real punk like NOFX or Lit before you go around saying she is.
I hate her hyperactive personality. You don't have to be the center of attention ALL OF THE GODDAMN TIME. It's just plain annoying.
And Avril cannot sing live. I watched some awards ceromony (by the way it blew) and she performed. I actually felt embarresed for her. She should get some singing lessons, or, better still, go back to Canada and get off our television screens and take her pathetic little boy-band followers with her. Speaking of them they're probably only with her for the money.
Her best skateboarding trick is an ollie? You do not skate for nine years and your best trick is a n ollie. It just does not happen. I learnt to do and ollie in one night. One night, nine years. You do the math.
In conclusion, Avril Lavigne is nothing but some kid a record manager pulled off the street. They taught her to ollie, got her some cool clothes and told her to say she was a punk at every available oppertunity. They get money, so does she. Everyone's happy. Apart from the people that have to listen to her crappy pop music but who gives a shit about us?
By the way Inme rock
― Lizzie The InMe Lover, Wednesday, 4 December 2002 20:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ferg (Ferg), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 21:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
Whether you like Ash depends on whether you believe a band that can't really sing, can't really play and can't really write songs can rock. If so, Ash are surely the best rock singles band of the last decade.
― B.Rad (Brad), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 22:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
"therefore, CLASSIC"
Nothing personal Brad!
― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 22:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
Lit?????
Speaking of sk8er boi, it sucks. All that song is is a sad little untrue story which doesnt even make sense at the end. It's basically saying Avril is a man and is in love with herself (this could be true, I dont know).
This is possibly the best record review I've ever read (factual inaccuracies aside).
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 22:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 5 December 2002 03:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― lu, Monday, 16 August 2004 17:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 16 August 2004 17:11 (twenty years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 16 August 2004 17:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Monday, 16 August 2004 17:32 (twenty years ago) link
yay randome g00l3rz, anyway.
In retrospect, I still like "sk8er boi" lots, though I think "complicated" was better really. I haven't heard anything else she's recorded. Ash were OK, I suppose.
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 16 August 2004 18:21 (twenty years ago) link